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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




New & Notable Fiction: November 2012


Cover art for BIRDS OF WINTER
FICTION
Released: Nov. 14, 2012

"Harry's adventures continue to provide physical dangers, Florida lore and an endless supply of women for him to fall in love with. This installment, more thriller than mystery, grips you from beginning to end."
Steamy Southwest Florida provides the backdrop for more dangerous dealings. Read full book review >
Cover art for VICTORY AT YORKTOWN
FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"Augmented with character sketches of lesser-known patriots, the book brings Washington to life as a resolute and bold general. The authors shine brightly in describing the depth of his emotion flowing from the victory at Yorktown."
Gingrich and Forstchen (Valley Forge, 2010, etc.) continue their series on the American Revolution by following Washington and the Continental Army to Yorktown. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE TESTAMENT OF MARY
FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"A work suffused with mystery and wonder."
A novella that builds to a provocative climax, one that is as spiritually profound as its prose is plainspoken. Read full book review >
Cover art for SWEET TOOTH
FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"Britain's foremost living novelist has written a book--often as drily funny as it is thoughtful--that somehow both subverts and fulfills every expectation its protagonist has for fiction."
A subtly and sweetly subversive novel which seems more characteristic of its author as it becomes increasingly multilayered and labyrinthine in its masterful manipulation of the relationship(s) between fiction and truth. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE RIGHT HAND
FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"It's not the game, but how well you play it, and Haas plays it very well indeed in what clearly seems a series launch."
Once more to Moscow and the Russian tundra on a supersecret mission goes a solitary hero in a thriller that makes the familiar seem fresh. Read full book review >
Cover art for POSEIDON'S ARROW
FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012

"Ranging from Panama and Mexico to Idaho and Washington, D.C., this book is constantly on the move--one reason it avoids dull spots so well."
The United States is on the brink of approving the fastest, most powerful attack submarine ever when its designer is killed and his plans are stolen. In his efforts to recover a crucial piece of the prototype, superseaman Dirk Pitt faces a series of violent encounters on land and water. Read full book review >